My question is: between inc/dec rows, what do you do? you start off in st st, but do you continue between inc/dec rows? if so, do you start with P like before? hmmmm... the mind boggles! thanks in advance- psychedelic_oatmeal

All rows in between increase or decrease rows will be plain stockinette stitch. The purl side will look like rows of little interlocking 'bumps' for lack of a better term, and the knit side will look like rows and columns of 'V's. So if the 'V' side is facing you as you start a row you will knit, and if a 'bumpy' side is facing you at the beginning of a row you will purl.

"... a little cat hair" indeed! LOL. Or, in my case, a little dog hair or my own (it's long).
Yep, so I'm hoping I can follow those directions. I have kind of a mental block with that right side/wrong side thing... if I'm making it, it's pretty much ALL the wrong side. Sigh...